As it turned out, Tennessee was vastly overrated and it has been a downhill slide for 4-6 UCLA ever since. The Bruins have won only three other games, one against winless Washington and another against Washington State, which has beaten Washington and Portland State.

In 1963, the Bruins went 2-8, with victories over Stanford and Washington.

If the Bruins lose tonight and fall to USC on Dec. 6, they join that eight-loss list. It would probably make Neuheisel wish that he was back on Ol' Rocky Top. Still, he can take heart. Neither Coach Edwin C. Horrell of the 1940 team nor Bill Barnes in 1963 was fired.